Barring any last minute changes, aspiring Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Asare Bediako will later today announce his decision not to pursue his bid, MyNewsGh.com’s Kwabena Danso-Dapaah reports from the region

Incontrovertible information this portal has gathered from party’s hierarchy in the region indicates the former Asokwa Constituency chairman of the party who has vowed to unseat the incumbent Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako has rescinded his decision for reasons he yet to make public when he addresses a press conference later today.

His purported pullout has been given some credence after the host of Kumasi-based Nhyira FM Morning show, Aduanaba Kofi Asante Ennin a while ago confirmed on “Kroyimunsem” Political talk show Monday also dropped a hint

“I can tell you that by the close of today, Chairman Asare Bediako will announce his decision not to contest so that Chairman Bernard Antwi Bosiako will run unopposed”, the renowned broadcaster told listeners.

Mr Asare Bediako last on Kumasi-based Abusua Fm monitored by MyNewsGH.com admitted he indeed had a meeting with the President at Kwahu during the Easter festivities but said it was not to persuade him to resign from running.

“I went to Kwahu and met with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo but we did not discuss my bid to become Regional Chairman and he also did not persuade me to step down and allow Chairman Wontumi to go unopposed”, he told host Kwame Adinkra during a telephone interview the monitored by MyNewsGH.com.

Though he will not divulge details of the meeting with the President, he said he passed through as he was heading to another area and took the opportunity to meet the number one gentleman of the land where their discussions centered on different issues outside politics.

He was however optimistic of winning in his bid to become Chairman promising to give the incumbent, Bernard Antwi Boasiako affectionately called Chairman Wontumi a run for his money only for the latest news he is pulling out of the race.

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